Belleville City Council opens four sealed bids for pipe-lining project

By Rosemary K. Otzman
Independent Editor
At the Feb. 4 regular meeting of the Belleville City Council, City Clerk / Treasurer Lisa Long publicly opened four sealed bids for the city’s 2013 Full Length Cured in Place Pipe Lining Program.
DPW Director Keith Boc said the bids were expected to come in slightly lower than the $200,000 estimate.
The bids opened were:
• Insituform Technologies, Detroit, $152,826.80
• Insight Pipe Contracting, Harmony, PA, $154,572;
• Lawrence M. Clarke, Inc., Belleville, $224,372.50; and
• Liquiforce Sewer Services, Romulus, $168,655.
The council voted unanimously to turn the bids over to Boc, City Manager Diana Kollmeyer, and Hennessey Engineers for review. The council also approved having these reviewers select the contractor for the work so it could move forward.
The proposed project consists of about 3,618 linear feet of full-length, cured-in-place pipe lining along Main Street from Denton Road to Huron River Drive and along a rear yard utility easement from Angola to Madelon streets south of Huron River Drive.
The cured-in-place pipe would be installed within sewers ranging from 8 inches to 15 inches in diameter.
The anticipated start date, weather permitting, is Feb. 25 and it should be substantially completed by March 28 with final completion by April 12.